Britney Spears arrives for the film’s premiere in Hollywood in July 2019.
Spears, third from right, was part of the “Mickey Mouse Club” from 1993-1994. The Disney show features several actors who have become global superstars, including Ryan Gosling, sitting next to Spears; and singers Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake, seen at right.
Spears’ first tour began in November 1998, several months before her first studio album was released. She signed with Jive Records in 1997. She was 15 years old then.
Spears performed at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. Her first album “…Baby One More Time,” became a cult hit.
Spears poses with the boy band NSYNC she toured with in 1999. NSYNC including Justin Timberlake, her old “Mickey Mouse Club” bandmate, is seen in the bottom left.
Spears holding one of her dolls in 1999.
Spears performing at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.
Spears and Timberlake attended the 2001 American Music Awards together. The two dated for several years.
Spears performed with Steven Tyler, the head of Aerosmith in the framework of the Super Bowl mid-half 2001.
Spears hugs a snake while performing at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards.
Spears and her sister, Jamie Lynn, attend the Teen Choice Awards in 2002.
Spears starred in the 2002 film “Crossroads” alongside Taryn Manning and Zoe Saldana. That year, Forbes magazine named her the most powerful celebrity in Hollywood.
In 2003, Spears and Madonna wagged their tongues as they kissed during the opening performance of the MTV Video Music Awards.
Spears joined Beyonce and Pink to shoot a Pepsi commercial in Rome in 2003.
Spears received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003.
Spears married dancer Kevin Federline in 2004. They had two sons together before divorcing in 2007.
Spears shaved her head in 2007. The headlines at the time focused on whether the star was in the middle of a slump.
Spears attacked a paparazzi’s car with an umbrella outside Federline’s home in Tarzana, California, in 2007.
Spears performing at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
Spears left the Los Angeles courthouse after a custody hearing in 2007. Several months later, she was hospitalized for custody issues. Federline is given sole custody. In February 2008, a Los Angeles court granted temporary conservatorship to Spears’ father, Jamie, after Britney was taken to the hospital and said to be unable to care for herself.
Spears performed on the opening night of her tour in 2009.
In 2012, Spears became a judge on the television show “The X Factor.”
Spears poses with her sons – Jayden, left, and Sean – at a baseball game in the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2013.
Spears launched an intimate line in 2014.
Clark County, Nevada, proclaimed November 5, 2014, as “Britney Day” on the Las Vegas Strip. In 2013, Spears began a two-year residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Spears performing at her Las Vegas show “Britney: Piece of Me” in 2015.
Spears speaking during the Teen Choice Awards 2015.
Spears joined the late-night talk show James Corden for some “carpool karaoke” in 2016.
Spears performing at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.
Spears received a birthday cake at the Jingle Ball event in Los Angeles in 2016.
Spears received the Vanguard Award at the 2018 GLAAD Media Awards. The award went to an artist who made a difference in promoting and advocating for equality.
Spears appeared alongside Jimmy Fallon in a “Tonight Show” sketch in 2018.
Spears and boyfriend Sam Asghari attended a Hollywood premiere in 2019. A few months earlier, she had a mental health check after undergoing a “holistic wellness therapy”.
